Posting on Mondays makes me aware of the number of these days which are considered holidays in order to form long weekends. It’s a great example of an availability bias because no one would ever complain that there are too…
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The Six Habits of Highly Deceptive People – Guest Contributor Elias Da Silva-Powell
Tagged with: academic humour, cognitive biases, concept creation, intuitive statistics, managing classroom discussion, participation
Posted in General, Student Perspective
Posted in General, Student Perspective
International Students’ Language Barrier – Guest Contributor Xiaoqian Liu
Our second entry, a lovely piece by Queen’s 3MT winner, Xiaoqian Liu. As an international student at Queen’s, with English being my second language, for many times, I have heard my friends complaining how language barrier blocks their progress in…
Posted in International, Student Perspective
What Makes Grad School Worth It? – Guest Contributor Amanda Tracey
Here’s the first of the submissions we received and the second guest piece from Biology’s Amanda Tracey. Follow the many links and be richly rewarded with GIFs, arguably the cultural focal point of today’s emerging community of scholars. What makes…
Tagged with: de/motivation, existential crises, student-supervisor relationship, TAing
Posted in General, New Students, Student Perspective, Thesis
Posted in General, New Students, Student Perspective, Thesis
3-Minute Trips Down Memory Lane
Our last update came just before the Ontario Provincial Championships of the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. It’s since passed and I’m happy to report that it was incredible fun. (For fuller coverage of the event, see my article on…
Backup, backup, backup: Why you should use Dropbox
Before I start, remember that we are currently taking applications to become a blogger at Gradifying! Submit your application today to gradify@queensu.ca! With the end of the semester approaching and people frantically writing papers, or starting to assemble their theses/dissertations,…
Tagged with: degree progress, Grad Student Life, publish, QSpace, thesis, time management
Posted in General, International Study, New Students, Student Perspective, Thesis
Posted in General, International Study, New Students, Student Perspective, Thesis
Thoughts for a New Semester: A Trick of Perspective
And so it is we’ve found ourselves again in the last week of classes for the Winter semester, which means that, although grad school is a year-round affair, the comparative lull called Summer is upon us. The current weather suggests…
Posted in New Students
Updates & Announcements: 3MT Winners Gear up for Ontario University Championship and Gradifying Seeks a New Writer
We have some exciting news to bring you this week… Gradifying is looking for a new writer! Gradifying, the student blog of Queen’s School of Graduate Studies, seeks to fill the spot left vacant by the soon-to-be graduated Megan Bond…
Posted in Events
Wanted: Inspiration
It’s official. I’ve applied to graduate. But I am not popping the champagne yet. Although I feel so close to the end I still feel so far away. Reason being, I have yet to complete my final masters project. I…
Graduate Student Roundtable Part 2
Ed Note: I originally posted this on my blog Mr Epidemiology, but given that we’re in the midst of grad school application season, I thought it would be relevant to our readers. I posted Part 1 last week, and this is…
Tagged with: comprehensive exams, degree progress, funding, Grad Student Life, thesis, time management
Posted in New Students, Student Perspective, Thesis
Posted in New Students, Student Perspective, Thesis